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Says on web site that Nick Morris will be missing on Friday and for The Devils,Kyle Newman and Ben Barker all riding for Elite clubs. I am puzzled by Barkers absence as although he is riding for Birmingham on Friday, I was told by Plymouth poster, he was not a Brummies asset but a Coventry asset and therefore the Premier club had priority, obviously not. In the return match on Saturday Jensen is missing for Plymouth as he is away on a much more important Danish U21 match. Should be full points for Rebels in both matches.

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Thought Barker wasn't riding at all Friday.

On the Plymouth web site it says Barker and Newman are riding for their Elite clubs. On the Birmingham forum they think Barker is not riding, my understanding of the rules is Barker should be riding for Plymouth. Perhaps he is riding abroad somewhere or he is sick.

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On the Plymouth web site it says Barker and Newman are riding for their Elite clubs. On the Birmingham forum they think Barker is not riding, my understanding of the rules is Barker should be riding for Plymouth. Perhaps he is riding abroad somewhere or he is sick.

Apparently he is now riding for Birmingham.

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On the Plymouth web site it says Barker and Newman are riding for their Elite clubs. On the Birmingham forum they think Barker is not riding, my understanding of the rules is Barker should be riding for Plymouth. Perhaps he is riding abroad somewhere or he is sick.

Kyle Newman Certainly won't be riding... For either clubs..

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Two of the most ridiculous refereeing decisions you are ever likely to witness tonight - first of all it being announced that Katajisto had missed the two minutes in heat 14 when his bike conked out for the second time when at the tapes and returning to the pits, only for the two minutes to go on and then be told this was the original two minutes that went on... surely this is common practice for a referee to put the two minutes on before a race? Effectively gave Katajisto an extra two minutes to prepare for the race, when he should of been excluded for missing what should of been the original two minutes.

 

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, Jensen goes down in a heap coming out of bend 2 as if he had been snipered from the clubhouse patio and stays down when it was clear he was going to be one the excluded, and rightfully was. However, as the time of the stoppage the other 3 riders had just entered the final lap with Allen gaining tremendous speed around the outside and Vissing having a decent run up the inside too. Not only did Ronnie Allan award the race and put an end to what was going to be a great final lap but with the result of the race still very much in doubt where any one of the three could of won it, especially with the match still in the balance, to award that seems absolutely ludicrous.

 

Special mention for Matt Wethers however who was superb value tonight - cracking ride in heat 13 to come from the back to pass Vissing inside and then Allen outside.

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Two of the most ridiculous refereeing decisions you are ever likely to witness tonight - first of all it being announced that Katajisto had missed the two minutes in heat 14 when his bike conked out for the second time when at the tapes and returning to the pits, only for the two minutes to go on and then be told this was the original two minutes that went on... surely this is common practice for a referee to put the two minutes on before a race? Effectively gave Katajisto an extra two minutes to prepare for the race, when he should of been excluded for missing what should of been the original two minutes.

 

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, Jensen goes down in a heap coming out of bend 2 as if he had been snipered from the clubhouse patio and stays down when it was clear he was going to be one the excluded, and rightfully was. However, as the time of the stoppage the other 3 riders had just entered the final lap with Allen gaining tremendous speed around the outside and Vissing having a decent run up the inside too. Not only did Ronnie Allan award the race and put an end to what was going to be a great final lap but with the result of the race still very much in doubt where any one of the three could of won it, especially with the match still in the balance, to award that seems absolutely ludicrous.

 

Special mention for Matt Wethers however who was superb value tonight - cracking ride in heat 13 to come from the back to pass Vissing inside and then Allen outside.

Plus thr fact that he called back 4 or 5 of our lads for making a good gate but when Jensen got a flyer in heat 14 he didn't flinch!! Seemed almost bias.

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